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Pte. George Ernest Cantell
British Army Kings Royal Rifles Corps
from:Aldershot
(d.28th Oct 1914)
George Cantell was my grandfather. When he died at Ypres, in 1914, he left behind an 18 month old daughter Joan and a wife Lilian, who was pregnant with his son Alan.
He had served in the South Staffs from the age of 17, traveling across the world to fight in the Boer war (1901). He is commemorated on the Menin Gate.